diff --git a/files/hosts/ask02.phx2.fedoraproject.org-hosts b/files/hosts/ask02.phx2.fedoraproject.org-hosts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5ea2bd3e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/hosts/ask02.phx2.fedoraproject.org-hosts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
+::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
+
+10.5.126.52     proxy01.phx2.fedoraproject.org proxy1 proxy2 proxy3 proxy4 proxy5 proxy01 proxy02 proxy03 proxy04 proxy05 fedoraproject.org
+10.5.126.23     infrastructure.fedoraproject.org
+
+10.5.126.71     db-ask
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/ask b/inventory/group_vars/ask
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9b898de11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/ask
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+# Define resources for this group of hosts here. 
+lvm_size: 20000
+mem_size: 2048
+num_cpus: 2
+
+tcp_ports: [ 443 ]
+
+fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-ask,fi-apprentice
+
+# These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg_base/main.yml
+fedmsg_certs:
+- service: shell
+  owner: root
+  group: sysadmin
+- service: askbot
+  owner: root
+  group: apache
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/ask02.phx2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/ask02.phx2.fedoraproject.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ed13210c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/ask02.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+nm: 255.255.255.0
+gw: 10.5.126.254
+dns: 10.5.126.21
+ks_url: http://10.5.126.23/repo/rhel/ks/kvm-rhel-6
+ks_repo: http://10.5.126.23/repo/rhel/RHEL6-x86_64/
+volgroup: /dev/vg_guests00
+eth0_ip: 10.5.126.57
+vmhost: virthost14.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+datacenter: phx2
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/ask.yml b/playbooks/groups/ask.yml
index d255c9a467..daab06a82f 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/ask.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/ask.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - name: make ask
-  hosts: ask-stg
+  hosts: ask-stg:ask02.phx2.fedoraproject.org
   user: root
   gather_facts: False
   accelerate: True
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"
 
 - name: make the box be real
-  hosts: ask-stg
+  hosts: ask-stg:ask02.phx2.fedoraproject.org
   user: root
   gather_facts: True
   accelerate: True